In article <a7l073$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Parish <parish_AT_ntlworld.com> wrote: >Sören Kuklau wrote: >> On 3/24/2002 4:47 PM, Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T. apparently wrote exactly >> the following: >>> American English, is difficult to learn as well. I know I magle it all >>> the time. >> >> Trust me, American English is one of the easiest (if not *the* easiest) >> languages world-wide. >> > >Why *American* English? Why not just *English*
Because the Limeys like to beat Americans over the head on what constitutes "proper English". Conveniently forgetting that their mother tongue is a hodge-podge of different languages. Americans are less hesitant to take liberties with the language. Peter Stein
